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'File 8/63 MUSCAT STATE AFFAIRS: SHIHUH TRIBE.' [4r] (7/56)
The record is made up of 1 file (26 folios). It was created in 1930. It was written in English. The original is part of the British Library: India Office The department of the British Government to which the Government of India reported between 1858 and 1947. The successor to the Court of Directors. Records and Private Papers Documents collected in a private capacity. .
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SHIHUH
Profess ilahomedanisn but are unobservant 01 its f orr ' iS
and ceremonies to the last decree,ana in 2 .zict ■» ill
entertain no religious instructors.The chiei Ox t.ie
■.7ahabees v;as long unable to convert tnem to tneir
systems of either religion or piracy nor would they
pay him tribute. Their language is different from
that of the otheretribes,and as' there are many
individuals among t icm remarkable for the rednesr- of
their hair, it may fairly be concluded /^as fne Aia->o
* v
declare,that their language is formed from corruptions
of the dialects of their Portuguese and Danish
ancestors engrafted on an impure stock of the Arabic.
Both tnese nations have settlements in Amsandurn and also
at Khasab.a bay to the westward of t e promontory
on the main,where ir re rra6,and exists also at present
a flourishing manufactory of cloth,of a peculiarcsort
n’hich has long been used as ^'rappers for head and loins
throughout the two shores of the gulf. Khasab too is
said to contain descendants of the Porutguese in the
humble capacity of fishermen.
Col Taylor 1818. 3.G.R.XXIV p.13
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This file concerns the Shihuh tribe of Oman. It mostly consists of notes on the tribe produced by Bertram Sidney Thomas, Wazir Minister. to the Sultan of Muscat and Oman, which are enclosed in a letter addressed to the Political Resident A senior ranking political representative (equivalent to a Consul General) from the diplomatic corps of the Government of India or one of its subordinate provincial governments, in charge of a Political Residency. in the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. .
The notes include the following: a preliminary note on Shihuh politics, a list of villages and their chief personalities (with an illustrative sketch map), a diary of a trip taken by Thomas from Muscat to Khasab (4 January-10 March 1930), translations of letters from Shihuh shaikhs, and a summary of the present situation. Preceding Thomas's letter and notes are a series of excerpts on the tribe from former British officials and other sources.
- Extent and format
- 1 file (26 folios)
- Arrangement
The papers are arranged in approximate chronological order from the rear to the front of the file.
- Physical characteristics
Foliation: the foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the front cover with 1, and terminates at the inside back cover with 28, these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the top right corner of the recto The front of a sheet of paper or leaf, often abbreviated to 'r'. side of each folio. An additional foliation sequence is present in parallel between ff 1-27; these numbers are also written in pencil, but are not circled.
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- IOR/R/15/6/246
- Title
- 'File 8/63 MUSCAT STATE AFFAIRS: SHIHUH TRIBE.'
- Pages
- front, front-i, 2r:6v, back-i, back
- Author
- East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
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- Open Government Licence